13 MLL Players on Team Canada

13 MLL Players on Team Canada

Team Canada announced its final 24-man roster for the FIL World Championship last week, featuring 13 Major League Lacrosse players and one 2014 draftee.

Team Canada has the second largest amount of players coming from the League, including draftee Jeremy Noble, currently playing at the University of Denver. Noble will join his twin and Florida Launch defenseman Jason Noble in hoping to reclaim the championship title from the US. Joining them in their quest will be 2013 League MVP Kevin Crowley (FLA), Cam Flint (DEN), who was selected sixth overall in the 2013 draft, 2013 Championship Weekend MVP John Grant, Jr. (DEN), All-Star and All-MLL team member Brodie Merrill (BOS), Mark Matthews (NY), who tallied 30 career goals in 17 games, and Geoff Snider (CHA), whose career as a Faceoff Specialist has him taking 851 out of 1,657 draws.

The league will be extremely well represented at the World Championships because in addition to Team Canada, all of the U.S. Men’s National Team (including one 2014 draftee, Joe Fletcher) are Major Leaguers. In addition to both Team Canada and the U.S. National Team, Casey Cittadino of the Charlotte Hounds will be playing for Team Israel, and Ohio Machine’s Tom Schreiber (2014 No. 1 overall draft pick) will be an assistant coach with the Ugandan Lacrosse Team.

Fans will have the chance to see the U.S. National Team in action prior to the World Championship on June 26 at Harvard Stadium in Boston, Mass. as they take on the MLL All-Star Team in this season’s MLL All-Star Game. Click
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